MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 00:36
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 654 72% 567 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 108 Parallax 91.9 79% 99.1 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 93.9 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 204 205 205 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 488 Write 194 Mixed 200 SusWrite 202 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 13.8 123% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 78.2 90% 153 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 78%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 536GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 96 97 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	55% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 55.9 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 97 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 0118 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 54%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) Builds (Compare 6,797 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,671x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,247x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	561x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	209x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	379x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16